Architecture
General Art and Art History Links
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Indexes
Museums
Photography and Design
Prints and Printmaking
See Also
Image Resources
Architecture
- Architecture.com -- The web site of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) as well as 250,000 pages of useful information about architecture and architects.
- A.I.A. -- American Institute of Architects. Professional organization listing news & events, jobs, schools, etc.
- Great Buildings Collection -- More than 800 great buildings from around the world and across history are listed and illustrated, with photographic images, architectural drawings, discussion, bibliography, architect info, and live 3D walk through. computer models.
- Society of Architectural Historians -- Articles , dissertations, biographies of American architects. Includes Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Maine.
- Yahoo:Architecture -- Major site with links in all areas of architecture.
General Art and Art History Links
- Art History. Research Guide compiled by Boston University Libraries
- Art History Resources on the Web -- Links organized by time periods: Prehistoric to 19th & 20 century art. Includes non-European art.
- Art Cyclopedia. A fine art search engine with links to style, museums, artist sites, and more
- ArtSource -- A major source of art information on the web.
- Artnet.com -- A portal to the national and international art market, with research features supporting the needs of art dealers and art buyers. Included are links to information about artists, reproductions of works represented in galleries, gallery listings and events, auction results, as well as Artnet Magazine and excerpts from Grove Dictionary of Art.
- Perseus Project: An Evolving Digital Library -- A large heterogeneous collection of materials, textual and visual, on the Archaic and Classical Greek world.
- Voice of the Shuttle. Web site for Humanities Research, with extensive selection of websites on contemporary art and art history. Compiled by Alan Lie, UC Santa Barbara
- World Wide Art Resources -- This interactive arts gateway will give you access to artist, museums, galleries, high quality art, art history, arts education, antiques, performing arts, classified ads, resume postings, arts chats, arts forums and much more.
- Yahoo: Art History -- Artist, bibliographies, periods and movements, themes, etc.
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
- Britannica Online. [Licensed to Colby users only]
Britannica Online contains the entire text of the 32 volume Encyclopedia Britannica. It features thousands of images, the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary for online look-ups, and a comprehensive alphabetical index. Links built into Britannica articles take you directly to related information on the World Wide Web.
- Encyclopedia Smithsonian. Explore art and design topics, or search on particular artists or terms used in various museum websites, e-collections, or interpretive virtual exhibit pages.
- Grove Art Online. [Licensed to Colby users only]
This is a scholarly and comprehensive art reference work with world-wide coverage of all forms of the visual arts: painting, sculpture, architecture, graphic and decorative arts, and photography. Includes many illustrations.
- Oxford Reference Online: Art and Architecture. [Licensed to Colby users only]. From Oxford University Press -- quick access to various quality art and design dictionaries and encyclopedias.
Indexes
- Art Abstracts
(Wilson Art Abstracts)
Available: Colby only
Coverage: 1984 - present
Updated: quarterly
Access: H.W. Wilson
Indexes over 200 journals, yearbooks and museum bulletins in the fields of archaeology, architecture, art and art history, crafts, photography.
- Art Index Retro Web
Coverage:1929-1984
Art Index Retrospective is a bibliographic database that cumulates citations to the print version of Art Index, volumes 1-32, published by H.W. Wilson. The database cites articles from more than 420 periodicals published throughout the world. In addition to articles, Art Index Retrospective indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals.
- Artbibliographies Modern
Available: Colby only
Search Artbibliographies Modern for full abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, PhD dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art, including photography and design.
- ARTstor
Available: Colby only
Publisher: ARTstor
ARTstor is a searchable arts image database of high quality images that documents artistic traditions across many times and cultures and embraces architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design as well as many other forms of visual culture.
- Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)
Available: Colby Only
Coverage: 1973 - present
Access: RLIN
Indexes and abstracts books, conference proceedings, dissertations, catalogs, and articles from over 2,500 periodicals in the subjects of European and American art from late antiquity to present.
- Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance -- An interdisciplinary Renaissance studies research database containing documentation on antique monuments known in the Renaissance together with the related Renaissance documents in the form of texts and images, and related information about locations, persons and periods as well as thorough bibliographic data.
Museums
- ArtCyclopedia -- A guide to electronic images of paintings and sculpture available on museum internet sites. Search by artist's name.
- Colby College Museum of Art
- Gallery Guide -- Current exhibition information for galleries and museums worldwide.
- Museum Computer Network -- Supports developing, managing, and conveying museum information through the use of computer technology. Includes an e-list of museums, professional resources and links, and the e-journal ESprectra.
- Virtual Library Museums Pages -- A comprehensive directory of on-line museums and museum-related resources.
Photography and Design
Prints and Printmaking
Last Updated Date: 02/27/2008
Created by: Ericson, Margaret D.
Email: mericson@colby.edu |
